diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index eeac24fbf..9542d9421 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The ideal place for questions or discussions about the HiveMQ Community Edition
 
 === Quick Start
 
-* Download the latest https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/releases/download/2024.8/hivemq-ce-2024.8.zip[HiveMQ CE binary package].
+* Download the latest https://github.com/hivemq/hivemq-community-edition/releases/download/2024.9/hivemq-ce-2024.9.zip[HiveMQ CE binary package].
 * Unzip the package.
 * Run the run.sh (Linux/OSX) or run.bat (Windows) in the bin folder of the package.
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ If you use Gradle, include the following code in your `build.gradle(.kts)` file.
 ----
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("com.hivemq:hivemq-community-edition-embedded:2024.8")
+    implementation("com.hivemq:hivemq-community-edition-embedded:2024.9")
 }
 ----
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ If you use Maven, include the following code in your `pom.xml` file.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hivemq</groupId>
             <artifactId>hivemq-community-edition-embedded</artifactId>
-            <version>2024.8</version>
+            <version>2024.9</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     ...
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2a17e4438..b581d6940 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=2024.8
+version=2024.9
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 342d2f763..e17049960 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ eclipse-collections = "11.1.0"
 equalsVerifier = "3.16.2"
 guava = "33.3.1-jre"
 guice = "5.1.0"
-hivemq-extensionSdk = "4.34.0"
+hivemq-extensionSdk = "4.35.0"
 jackson = "2.18.1"
 jacoco = "0.8.7"
 javassist = "3.30.2-GA"
diff --git a/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses b/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses
index fe3620285..156da0dc4 100644
--- a/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses
+++ b/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ HiveMQ uses the following third party libraries:
  Module                                                                     | Version                                   | License ID    | License URL
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  aopalliance:aopalliance                                                    | 1.0                                       | Public Domain | 
- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic                                             | 1.5.12                                    | EPL-1.0       | https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html
- ch.qos.logback:logback-core                                                | 1.5.12                                    | EPL-1.0       | https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html
+ ch.qos.logback:logback-classic                                             | 1.5.6                                     | EPL-1.0       | https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html
+ ch.qos.logback:logback-core                                                | 1.5.6                                     | EPL-1.0       | https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html
  com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations                             | 2.17.2                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core                                    | 2.17.2                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind                                | 2.17.2                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- com.github.oshi:oshi-core                                                  | 6.6.5                                     | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
+ com.github.oshi:oshi-core                                                  | 6.6.2                                     | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
  com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305                                            | 3.0.2                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  com.google.guava:failureaccess                                             | 1.0.2                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  com.google.guava:guava                                                     | 33.1.0-jre                                | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ HiveMQ uses the following third party libraries:
  com.sun.activation:jakarta.activation                                      | 1.2.2                                     | BSD-3-Clause  | https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
  com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl                                                 | 2.3.9                                     | BSD-3-Clause  | https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
  commons-io:commons-io                                                      | 2.16.1                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core                                         | 4.2.28                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx                                          | 4.2.28                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-logback                                      | 4.2.28                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core                                         | 4.2.26                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx                                          | 4.2.26                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-logback                                      | 4.2.26                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  io.github.microutils:kotlin-logging                                        | 1.4.1                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-buffer                                                      | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-codec                                                       | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-codec-http                                                  | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-common                                                      | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-handler                                                     | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-resolver                                                    | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-transport                                                   | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common                                | 4.1.114.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-buffer                                                      | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-codec                                                       | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-codec-http                                                  | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-common                                                      | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-handler                                                     | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-resolver                                                    | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-transport                                                   | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common                                | 4.1.112.Final                             | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api                                  | 1.2.2                                     | BSD-3-Clause  | https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
  jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api                                      | 2.3.3                                     | BSD-3-Clause  | https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
  javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api                                      | 1.3.2                                     | CDDL-1.1      | https://spdx.org/licenses/CDDL-1.1.html
  javax.inject:javax.inject                                                  | 1                                         | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- net.java.dev.jna:jna                                                       | 5.15.0                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform                                              | 5.15.0                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ net.java.dev.jna:jna                                                       | 5.14.0                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
+ net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform                                              | 5.14.0                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  net.openhft:zero-allocation-hashing                                        | 0.16                                      | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  org.apache.commons:commons-compress                                        | 1.26.2                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  org.apache.commons:commons-lang3                                           | 3.14.0                                    | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ HiveMQ uses the following third party libraries:
  org.jetbrains.xodus:xodus-openAPI                                          | 1.2.3                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  org.jetbrains.xodus:xodus-utils                                            | 1.2.3                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
  org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni                                                     | 8.3.3                                     | Apache-2.0    | https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html
- org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j                                                     | 2.0.16                                    | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
- org.slf4j:slf4j-api                                                        | 2.0.16                                    | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
+ org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j                                                     | 2.0.13                                    | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
+ org.slf4j:slf4j-api                                                        | 2.0.13                                    | MIT           | https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The open source code of the libraries can be obtained by sending an email to legal@hivemq.com.
diff --git a/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses.html b/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses.html
index 3dcea2a37..0c4612277 100644
--- a/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses.html
+++ b/src/distribution/third-party-licenses/licenses.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>ch.qos.logback:logback-classic</td>
-        <td>1.5.12</td>
+        <td>1.5.6</td>
         <td>EPL-1.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html</a>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>ch.qos.logback:logback-core</td>
-        <td>1.5.12</td>
+        <td>1.5.6</td>
         <td>EPL-1.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/EPL-1.0.html</a>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>com.github.oshi:oshi-core</td>
-        <td>6.6.5</td>
+        <td>6.6.2</td>
         <td>MIT</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html</a>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core</td>
-        <td>4.2.28</td>
+        <td>4.2.26</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx</td>
-        <td>4.2.28</td>
+        <td>4.2.26</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-logback</td>
-        <td>4.2.28</td>
+        <td>4.2.26</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-buffer</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-codec</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-codec-http</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-common</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-handler</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-resolver</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-transport</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common</td>
-        <td>4.1.114.Final</td>
+        <td>4.1.112.Final</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>net.java.dev.jna:jna</td>
-        <td>5.15.0</td>
+        <td>5.14.0</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform</td>
-        <td>5.15.0</td>
+        <td>5.14.0</td>
         <td>Apache-2.0</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html</a>
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j</td>
-        <td>2.0.16</td>
+        <td>2.0.13</td>
         <td>MIT</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html</a>
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ <h2>Third Party Licenses</h2>
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</td>
-        <td>2.0.16</td>
+        <td>2.0.13</td>
         <td>MIT</td>
         <td>
             <a href="https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html">https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html</a>